Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 420
Although Shengjia travels to Rehe every year, due to the construction of summer resorts and nearby temples in recent years, the population of Rehe has increased rapidly, and the price of rice has become more expensive every year.

Last year, Kangxi rewarded the people of Rehe with money and food in the name of the Longevity Festival, which was relatively easy.This year, the price of rice has been rising all the way. By the time Shengjia arrived in Rehe, a stone of rice had risen to one or two taels of silver, and the price had doubled.

Since the holy driver came here, he couldn't make people's livelihood boil. Therefore, from May [-]st, a special person was responsible for using the rice from the official warehouse to stabilize the price of food.

This is not Cao Yong's business, but among the three people who were ordered by Kangxi to stabilize food prices, there happened to be Nalan Fusen, the first-class bodyguard in front of the imperial court.

Except for Nalan Fusen, the other two are Dutong Sun Zhaqi, and a doctor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Fobao. None of these people can be regarded as knowledgeable.

Thinking of Cao Yong's work as a errand in the household department, Nalan Fusen asked him to help him, and he worked hard for a few days.

After finishing work, I have time to hang out with Elder Sixteen again. It is already the Dragon Boat Festival, Elder Sixteen said Tao Jinxiao had already been punished, and after thinking about returning to Beijing, he dismissed his errand.

Cao Yong asked about the two "pictures" under the name of the third elder brother. The sixteenth elder brother had already asked Tao Jinxiao about the details of the two. They were originally the second-class stewards of the third elder brother's palace.In the past two years, because the third elder brother wanted to build Rehe Zhuangzi, he let them come here, which made the two of them tremble a little, and they did these things in private to blackmail officials.

Not only the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the seventh elder brother, and the eighth elder brother have all built houses near the summer resort in Rehe. I heard that the third elder brother is cleaning up a lot these days. What about Wang Yuan?

Brother Sixteen couldn't help being a little envious when he mentioned this.He is now twenty, and according to the rules of his ancestors, he has also reached the age of conferring a title and starting a mansion.

Because Kangxi has many princes and elder brothers, for the prince's canonization, except for the second elder brother who was established as the prince at the age of one, everyone else was concentrated together.

Once in the 37th year of Kangxi, the elder brother was named the king of Dorozhi County, the third son of the emperor was named the king of Dorocheng County, and the fourth elder brother, fifth elder brother, seventh elder brother, and eighth elder brother were all named Dorobel

The other time was in the 48th year of Kangxi. At this time, the elder brother was deposed, the second elder brother was deposed, the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, and the fifth elder brother were promoted to Prince Heshuo, and the seventh elder brother was promoted to the king of Doro County; Elder brother was implicated in the matter of recommending the crown prince, and he was still the title of Baylor; the tenth elder brother who was enshrined for the first time was named the king of Doro County because he was born by a noble concubine, and the other nine elder brothers, twelve elder brothers, and fourteen elder brothers Brother is Gushan Beizi.

Now five years have passed, the [-]th elder brother and the [-]th elder brother are both in their twenties, but there is no news of the prince's distribution of Kaifu.

"There are two gardens, two gardens!" Elder Sixteen snapped his fingers, and said to Cao Yong: "One in Rehe, one outside Changchun Garden, the gardens of these brothers and princes, how can they be?" They were all repaired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the emperor allocated money from the internal treasury. How can I say that these elder brothers are not short of money? The annual salary is 1 taels, Lumi 5 hu, plus Zhuangzi's future , the filial piety of the officials outside can't be beat at [-] to [-] taels per year. Prince Heshuo, Prince Heshuo..."

After speaking, he sighed and fell silent.The ninth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother are both descendants of the fourth concubine, and the first seal is just a Gushan beige. Like him and the fifteenth elder brother, they are the sons of concubines, and a Gushan beige is at the end.

Thinking of this, he said to Cao Yong: "Now that you think about it, it's cheaper to live in the palace. At least all supplies are for the prince, so you don't need to worry about money. The year is 300 taels, but you have to drink the northwest wind. Not to mention anything else, even the annual Longevity Festival, Shengshou Festival, and other concubines’ birthdays, this filial piety is more than 300 taels.” Speaking of this, he took a picture He patted Cao Yong on the shoulder and said: "Wait a minute, if I go out of the palace and seal a son or a prince, then I will need your help. I will work out a profitable business with you." , just give me some more bonuses."

Although Cao Yong didn't know when Shiliu moved out of the palace, he knew that he finally became Prince Zhuang.In various novels of later generations, he was deduced as "Sixteen Deaf", a character with great wisdom and foolishness.

Listening to the sourness in Brother Sixteen's words, Cao Yong couldn't help laughing: "This is not like you anymore. I don't know how many years it has been. What do you worry about all day now? By the way, all the * *** House, are you familiar with it?"

"Iron hat?" Elder Sixteen shook his head, with a weird look on his face, and said, "Which of those people is easy to get along with, even your brother-in-law Neersu is not an ordinary person. There are also Prince Jane Yarjiang, Prince Kang Chong'an, they may not take my concubine elder brother seriously. It is the second elder brother who offended the nobles of their clan, and it is also one of the sources of disaster."

Cao Yong was going to introduce Prince Zhuang who had no heir, but he didn't expect him to talk about it.Hearing the sixteenth brother's comment on **** Lord, there is nothing else, but what he said to Na Ersu made Cao Yong feel a little weird. This brother-in-law is not usually a ostentatious person.

The sixteenth elder brother saw that he was puzzled, and said: "Did you forget that the Pingjun Prince's Mansion, Shuncheng Prince's Mansion, and Prince Kang's Mansion are all from the same lineage of Prince Li Lie? These three princely mansions have always been in harmony. In the past, the second prince Do you think the whipping of Naersu is for nothing? If there is no help from the clan, how could the second waste prince be so fast?"

The sixteenth elder brother was talking about the contradiction between the **** and the second elder brother, but when he heard Cao Yong's ears, he thought of something else in his heart.

Prince Kang's mansion has always been close to the eighth elder brother, and Naersu's side, wouldn't they also get involved in private?
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Capital City, Shifuma Street, Pingjun Prince's Mansion, Shangfang in the inner courtyard.

Neersu sat on the edge of the Kang, teasing his daughter Fumin, and sneezed heavily.

Fumin was seven months old, just when he could crawl. He kicked his calves for two steps, sat for a while, and crawled for another two steps. He refused to be quiet for a moment.

After a series of sneezes, Na Ersu's tears came out.Seeing her at the side, Cao Jia hurriedly took out the handkerchief and handed it over, and said with a smile, "Master, you have a friend outside again? Are you talking so much?"

Naersu took the handkerchief and wiped his tears and nose, squinted at Cao Jiashi, and said with a half-smile: "Even if there is a good friend out there, I still have enough energy to spare, who made me have a good Fujin! "

When Cao Jia heard this, her face was blushing, she gave Na Ersu a white look, and said: "It's all about finding those messy things from some bastard shop, so you know how to torment me, and now you still say this Sarcasm!"

Although she has already given birth to two sons and one daughter, the 24-year-old Cao Jia family has a unique style, which makes Naersu feel a little nervous.He stretched out his hand and pulled his wife over, rubbed her white and tender hand vigorously twice, and said: "Someone just honored something good, let's take a closer look at it tonight."

Seeing her husband's greasy and crooked appearance, Cao Jia's heart couldn't express the sweetness, but thinking of Fan's living in the south courtyard, she couldn't help feeling a little sour, and said: "It means that the one has a body, or I'm afraid Once you have a new love, you won’t be able to remember coming to my house!”

Mrs. Fan is the girl in Cao Jia's room. She is about sixteen or seventeen years old, and she is quite pretty.After Cao Jia became pregnant, she was afraid that Prince Ping would go out and find someone else, so she deliberately picked out a handsome and honest Fan to be the housekeeper.

Seeing his wife pouted and looking very attractive, Neersu smiled and said, "You are talking about it now? Who pretended to be virtuous at the beginning, but now they want to say this, I don't think so. This account."

Cao Jia's sourness is not because her husband has an extra roommate, after all, she has a body and can't serve her, and there is no reason for a man to guard her.What makes her uncomfortable is that Fan Shi was pregnant in March.

At that time, her body was already fully healed, and Na Ersu stayed in her room every night, but it made Tong Fang pregnant, isn't it strange?Although she felt uncomfortable, she didn't make it public. She investigated in private and found that there were two occasions when Neersu sent people to send Fan Shi to serve in the study.

Ever since she married into the palace, except when she was pregnant with her two older brothers, the husband and wife had never been separated, and the few concubines in the palace were just decorations.

This Fan family seems to be very pleased with Naersu, which has to make Cao Jia's vigilance.

It's just that it's good to stop with some words, if the chatter continues, it will only make men bored.Cao Jiashi is different from other women. She was intelligent since she was a child, read a lot of books, and she is quite familiar with the world.

Seeing that her husband was moved, she didn't want to spoil the fun and said something else.She also had a smile on her face, reached out and stroked the beard on Naersu's chin, and said: "My lord is getting more and more powerful, but don't get too big, the child is tender."

Ne Ersu stretched out his hand and grabbed Cao Jia's wrist, raised his head and said, "My lord still likes stabbing people, but my daughter can't, so my daughter-in-law can always do it..."

Seeing that his words became more and more out of line, Cao Jia said angrily, "Master, it's still broad daylight..."

"It's broad daylight?" Neersu looked out of the window, and it was already the time when the sky was full of sunset and the sun was setting in the west.He stretched out his hand to pick up his daughter from the kang, and said to Cao Jiashi, "Today, let's rest early..." Then he called for the nurse, and took Da Gege down to settle down.

Seeing that Naersu was so anxious, Cao Jia looked like he was before Huai Fupeng.At that time, there were two young couples, like conjoined twins, looking forward to giving birth to a son as soon as possible, so as to avoid any unpleasantness in the future.

Thinking about it carefully, it has been seven or eight years since the birth of the first child.The first child, my sister Cao Yi's is the first child, and she has already sent two stable old men from the palace to take care of it. Counting the days, it will only take ten and a half months.

On the other side of her natal family, there are people from Chunjun Prince's Mansion to take care of her, but Cao Jia's family can't intervene. On the girl's side, the population in the mansion is small, and it's true that there are no mature nanny.

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Xihua Gate, Jueluo Mansion, Inner Courtyard.

Sitara faced the Buddha statue and prayed silently. The daughter-in-law's delivery date is approaching. The sky is full of gods and Buddhas. Blessed by ancestors, let's add a boy to Jueluo's family.

The twirl beads hadn't turned around once, when they heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door. The old man was the most respectful of rules, so he couldn't help frowning.

It was the people around Cao Yi from the East Yard who came rushing over. The old man's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately stopped thinking about teaching the rules. He straightened up and said anxiously, "But what's wrong with Grandma?"

The servant girl booed and nodded again and again, and said: "Old lady, I really don't blame this servant for being impatient. Yes, it's because Grandma has a stomachache. Mother Chen said that she might be about to give birth. Please ask the old lady to send someone to deliver the mother quickly." Woolen cloth."

No matter how calm Xi Tara was, she couldn't help feeling flustered. The delivery date is half a month away, why is there such a commotion now?
The old man stroked his chest, and while sending someone to invite the midwife who had already been booked, he sent someone to call Seshitu at his daughter's house.Her eldest son-in-law's family had a funeral, so Seshtu helped there after returning from the yamen.

After arranging these things, the old man hurried to the east courtyard.

The kang mats in the east room had been rolled up, and a layer of soft grain grass had been spread on the earthen kang. Cao Yi was sitting on the kang, his face was covered with sweat from the pain, and tears had already flowed out.

The two nuns sent by King Fujin of Pingjun were at the edge of the kang, telling Cao Yi what posture to take and how to put his feet against the wall.

Cao Yi only felt that her stomach was falling too badly, and she felt that she couldn't sit still, she really had no strength. When the two nuns saw her, they put a few pillows behind her to let her lean on.

It was fine at noon today, and after having dinner with Mrs. Sitara in the afternoon, after returning to the house, Cao Yi felt a little sore in his back.She thought she was tired, so she lay down on the kang to rest, but the more she lay down, the more uncomfortable it became, as if her waist was so sore that it didn't feel like her own.

She felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly called the two nuns, but she was already in pain, and her stomach seemed to be about to fall...

When he saw Xi Tara's family, Cao Yi couldn't bear the pain any longer, and cried, "Er Niang, Er Niang..."

Xi Tara took two steps forward, seeing Cao Yi who was sweating profusely, trembling a little, he forced himself to calm down and said, "Good boy, it's okay, it's time..."

Hearing Mammy Chen's surprised voice, Cao Yi was already popular...

Although Cao Yi had labor pains at dusk, he tossed and tossed for half the night until the second quarter of Yinchu the next day before he gave birth to a six-pound baby boy...

(End of this chapter)